The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-06-25

FRANKFORT, KY,
June 23d, 1887. !

Sometimes | think | will tire
YOU and your readers. but the
interest | feel in the prosperity vt
Frankfort prompts me to go on.
NV whole time is spent. and will
be spent, up to the evening and
the close Of the polls on the 9th OF
July, in the turtherance of this
good work, when hope to raise
the shout over Franklin county
having given 900 majority for the
railroad. The opposition is yield.
ing and falling into line, daily and
hourly. Treat every one kindly.
Do not get into a street argument
with them. but take them quietly
and show them the personal ad-
vantages and the general advanta
ges the road will be to them.
whether in town or in the remotest
portions of the county. when
many if not all of the most vio'ent
of them vii! yield their opposition
and say, Il never understood the
question before. Business men
Of Frankfort, spend a day, now
and then. in the country. Go to
Peaks Mill. Bald Knob, Benson.
Bridgeport. Farmdale, and tell the
story. Tell it Faithfully Tell it
earnestly. II you ever did earnest
work, do it now. Oar road is not
to be built as other roads have
been. The amount asked to be
voted is $4,000. The taxable
property of Franklin county is six
million dollars This will be a
small debt for our capital. Shelby
county voted 500. ooo to two
roads, and only got portion OF
what she voted for. but had to pay
the debt. Ii we vote the tax, our
proposition is SO guarded the road
has to be built to Georgetown and
trains running over it before one
dollar of the bonds is to- be issued.
then $780, 900 of the bonds will
be issued. The road is then 10 be
built to Paris and cars running to
that place, when the remaining
$50. 900 of bonds are to be issued
Besides, when built, the county
owns and coutro.s the road. just as
she does the turnpikes she has
built in the county. What would
Peaks Mill. Elmville. Bald Knob,
Benson, be to-day without their
pixies? | went, last Saturday. with
Gen. Lindsey, Frank Chinn and
k. K. Mcclure to Elmville. Was
never there before. have known
the people of this section for some
time, having bought the wheat
grown by a great many OF them
for years. was surprised at the
fertility Of the soil, the thrifty
looking appearance of the whole
You could see prosper
ity all along the road. These PEG
pie lack one and a half miles OF
turnpike t. connect them with the
Georgetown and Owenton turn
pike. | was born and raised in "a
billy country, but this mile and a
half OF road is the toughest ever
drove over. They get their goods
from Georgetown, on the Clncin'
natl Southern road. Most of their
wheat is hauled there and sold.
The best wheat we get from any
source is raised in this section.
Let us finish this road and get this
trade. for it naturally is ours. The
railroad will get a good vote here.
| understand there is IA lack of
about two miles of road to connect
he turnpike on the Owenton road
n this county with the turnpike in
Owen county. Why not build
his and draw the trade of this end
IF Owen county here? Our Cour- Il
y Court should not hesitate to do
his at once. This portion OF the
has had, SO | learn, less
appropriations than any other.
let the county subscribe and